The coordinated black-dress blackout of the Golden Globes earlier this month may be in the rearview mirror, but there was still plenty of sartorial symbolism to be found on the arrivals red carpet Sunday at the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

For the occasion at the Shrine Auditorium, there was a platoon of pinks and a squadron of sequins that, coming just one day after the pink-pussy-hatted second annual nationwide Women's March, created the unmistakable feeling of a women's movement on the move. (A feeling underscored by this year's SAG Awards having mostly female presenters.)

The latter two actresses' surfeit of sequins put them in step with the evening's other noticeable trend — sparkly, often metallic, sequins and paillettes that added festive sparkle to many of the gowns and, for a few, created an armor-like look. Among those in the latter camp were Natalie Zea in a shimmery form-fitting gown by Ports 1961 and Allison Janney in a custom, form-fitting Yanina Couture gown covered in gunmetal gray paillettes.

Olivia Munn in Oscar de la Renta, from left, Allison Janney in Yanina Couture and Laurie Metcalf in Sachin & Babi were among the attendees that turned out in metallic sequins. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

"It makes me feel like I have armor on," Janney told E!'s Giuliana Rancic on the red carpet, further making the connection between best dressed and battle ready at this year's SAG Awards.